Sheet holder and position indicator



May 8, 1945. P. MANNlNo SHEET-HOLDER AND POSITION INDICATOR Filed July v2l, 1 943 This letter 's n answer ntluemerr.

3 wu www PHIL/P MANN/N0 Patented May 8, 1945 SHEET HOLDER'AND POSITION yIJDICATOR Philip Mannino, Bridgeport, Conn., assigner to Remington Rand Inc.

ration of Delaware Buffalo, N. Y., a corpo- Application July 21, 1943, summa/195,666 1 Claim. (cia3-1l This invention relates to a sheet holder and position indicator particularly adapted to indicate the position of typewrittenand similar matter on letter sheets and the like.

The invention provides a sheet holderv and position indicator wherein a sheet of transparent material is provided with a portion folded upon' itself to provide a fold at one edge of a topnsection of the sheet arranged to receive and position a printed, perforated or typevvritten sheet with one edge positioned with respect to the top section lby the fold portion so that the position of any material on the sheet placed in said holder can be readily determined by a scale provided on the top-section of the sheet having rgraduations at spaced intervals throu-ghout the surface of the top section for immediately indicating the position of the matter on the inserted sheet relative to the fold portion both vertically and horizontally. This holderv facilitates the location of matter on printed and typed sheets and the like in a manner that makes it easy to reproduce a copy of the matter on the sheet on another sheet such as the master sheet used in spirit duplicating processes or on a stencil or other similar duplicating or printing process. y

The invention comprehends the provision of both a vertical and horizontal scale formed of a plurality of marks in ywhich the vertical and horizontal marks intersect one another at spaced intervals throughout the area of a holder sheet of transparent material so that both the'vertical and horizontal position of typewritten matter on a lsheet mounted in the holder and xed with respect to a foldportion at one edge of the holder may be quickly determined in order that a copy of the sheet may be conveniently-reproduced with the typewritten or similar matter in the same position in the copy as in the original.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the sheet holder and position indicator.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

A sheet of suitable transparent material, such as glassine paper, waxed paper, Cellophane, Celluloid and the like is used for the purposey of producing the holder of this invention. This sheet is indicated at I and is folded in any suitable manner to provide a straight transversely extending fold portion 2. The sheet may be formed to proyide sections o f equal size at opposite sides of the fold in order to provide a folder to receive a suitable letter sheet or the like therebetween. However, it is not necessary that the rear section of the folded sheet be of equal size l to the top' section 3 thereof.

Since this holder is'particularly adapted for use in holding letter and legal sized ksheets having typevvritten matter thereon, the size of the topY section 3 will usually be equal to either' a letter or legal sized sheet, the drawing illustrating a holder having a size slightly larger than and for holding a lettersized sheet by way of` example. Y

The top section 3 of the transparent holder is provided` with a scale of the character illustrated in the drawing having a plurality of vertically'l ythe area of the sheet and thereby provide a scale,

Vhaving a plurality of marks-for indicating the position on the sheet relative to fold portion2 both vertically and horizontally of the folder.

Since this scale on the .sheet is particularly adapted for use with typewritten matter on vletters and the like, it is particularly designed to indicate typed character spacing crosswise of the sheet, the character spacing being indicated by numerals for both pica and elite type at the topof the top section as indicated at 6. Scale nurmerals indicating the line spacing are provided at both the left and right-hand edges of the top section as indicated at l and 8 respectively, the numeral l indicating-the line scale designating the number of linesreading downwardly from the top, While 8 designates the numerals indicating the `lines reading upwardly from the botstencil duplicating process or other similar methods of reproducing intelligence. By placing a let- Y ter sheet or the like into the holger and jogging it into a position where one edge of the sheet is engaged in fold portion 2 throughout its length while another edge may be coincident with either the top or bottom edge of the holder, the 'position of typewritten matter on the sheet vcan then be readily read through the transparent top sheet.

2,375,427 y y y ing the duplicate yindicating scales on the two 1 The positioningo all typewritten matter on the 1 1 letter sheet is immediately indicated by the scale both in regard to the horizontal distance from l thev fold liner and also the vertical distance fromv @either the top or bottom of the holder. vAs a i 1 result a duplicate of this typewritten material Y. jon the' sheet in the holder can bev reproduced with the `various portions thereof in 'the same position as on theoriginal sheet.

As shown in.

Fig. 41 the actuallocation of the address of the 1 l letter sheet can be speedily determinedas well graph arrangement of all of theothertypewritten matter on the sheet.

r or sketches is indicated too by the sarnescale.

duplicating process, stencil duplicating process l or equivalent `'process canbe'produced in lesstime i l as the position of the first paragraph, theextent l of indentation 'thereof and thev line andgpara- The position of drawings Where a folded sheet by having one part coated withthe transfer ink or the like, the provision of thev scale on the top holders. l Y

is used as a kmaster sheet sectionof the foldedv master sheet, provides for the production of a masterzfcopy orduplicatf ing purposes withthe typewritten matter in the' The master same position as on the original. copy sheet will be lengaged inthe fold of the master top printed sheet in the same manner asl the letter sheet original is engaged inthe fold as illustratred in the drawings, so that the master copy sheet can be heldin 'Xed relation to the vscale bythe fold or can be suitably attached in:

ixed relation toone marginof a top section 3. A letter sheet or the like may also be 'attached 'tofa margin ofthe top section.31if desired fo because the scale carried by the holder lcan be L reproduced asa top print .-or the like on the master Vsheet for the spirit duplicating process or on a stencil or vthe like.' n l] or drawn matter `can be accurately located by *1 means of the sheet holderjof'this invention in 1 whichthe :fold-:portion cooperates with the scale 3 ,in vprovidingxfor-vxing and indicating. the local 1 tion of the printed matter.`

The scale may bel printed -or retched onfthe All of the :typewritten l sheet or formed by. embossing, Watermarking or 4l inanylother convenient' or equivalent manner on "1 the'it'op section ,of theh'older. v

Itis :to be understood thatin referring to the sheet material'as being transparent, that it is con-v i vternplated that it may bej ullyor only partially transparent or in some cases opaque Iin order to servefthe purpose' ofthe present invention. 'It' is l only-necessary that thev sheet be sufiiciently 1 transparent thatthe typewritten or printed matter lon a' sheet inserted'inv the holder can be read l through fthe holdersheetor top sheet and the 1 v useof the word transparent is to be understood t toincluole all-o fthese variations.r

This -s'he'et holder vis either transparent, semitransparent-and-evenin opaque forni may'and is e ldesirablyemployed forV holding a mastersheet foryeither spirit or gelatine duplicating purposes.

When thev'maste'r sheet is positioned in :this l character and line space po'sitions'ofrall thetypeholder, a 'copy ofa letter -or the like correspond-3V ingftoian original held in another holder can be made in which the position of the typing on the l l copy will be the same as the original through us'- holding it firmly in position. l j

The invention claimed is:

'-Avsheet'holder andl position indicator'c'ompri'sing -.a sheet of'transparent material folded inter-H mediate its ends to provide a locating fold portion and top and rear sections; said top section being of substantially rectangular shape'with at least one edge extending in lperpendicular relai 'Y tion to saidlocatin'g fold", 'a'. scale inscribed lon said top section Aalong the rmarginal portion oi saidtop section adjacent said perpendicular edge in perpendicular Irelation to said -locating fold and'vvrr i indicating `xed measurements thereon'from said locating fold, said scale having aplurality of appropriately designated cardinal points thereon,` a second scale `inscribed on saidl top section in parallel adjacent relation to said locating lfold and 'having the scaley graduatidns'thereof'varranged in fixed relationv to and indicating xed measurements from said perpendicular edge with 1 a plurality of appropriately designated cardinal points thereon, and a plurality ofv line sections inscribed at spaced intervals throughout the-area f of said-top section in right angular intersecting relation to indicate the rpoints of intersection of line sections drawn from the cardinal points on both scales, whereby al typewritten-sheet maybe positioned in and'held 'between'thetop' and rear sections of said'transparent sheet with one edge engaged in said 'locating fold and an adjacent n l edge Vin coincident relation lwith said perpendicularl edge of' said top "section for .registering` ytype written matterfon saidtypewritten sheet throughout the areaof said topsection.

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